Governments

Today and last week I worked on researching and other things to do with Governments. We got some information and then we had to answer a few questions and what we think. Hope you learn something and enjoy...😄👍

What is Government?

A government is the term used to describe:

• The system of rules used to run a community,
• The people who make and administer those roles.

All around the world different countries and communities have different types
of governments. In New Zealand we have a democracy for a government.
This means that people vote on which rules we have and which people are
responsible for making and administering these rules.

In some countries there is only one person who is charge and they make all
the rules that people are responsible for following. This is a dictatorship.

Some countries even have no government which is called anarchy. This means
that people live without any rules but often when there is no government someone will try to step in and take power for themselves.

Questions - either make a copy of this document and save it into your social studies folder
or write the questions and answers into your book.

1. Write down any words you have never heard before and find the dictionary definition for them e.g. anarchy.
2. Do you think that countries or communities that are bigger (more people) need a more complex government system than smaller ones need?
3. What benefit(s) do you think people gain from being in a group?
4. How can having a leader or group of leaders help people?
5. Why do you think some countries have or prefer to have no government (anarchy)?

ANSWERS BELOW HERE

1. Anarchy: A state of chaos due to the lack or non-recognition of power or other controlling systems.

                    Democracy: A system of government by the whole community or           

                    all the eligible members of the state, typically through chosen        

                    Deputies.

                  

2. Maybe yes but not a very complex government, the country should be free and not constantly being told what to do as slaves which is bad. A dictatorship is mostly effective at controlling a country or a community and they get things done. They may be usually rude and have no self-respect. So mainly yes but not as complex.

3. People have delicate roles and responsibility, they will have much knowledge to share among the group and so many skills to share. Together if they have a complex problem, they work together to get rid of the complexity and everyone will come to a sense where they know the solution.

4. People have someone to lead and direct them, they remain active and the people are motivated to act well. Leaders can impact confidence by helping and trust in workers so that they take a positive approach to their jobs and their whole company or group.

5. Because they may not be liked to be bossed around, they may have lost someone which might have been done by the government or they may not like to be slaves if it is a dictatorship.

Athletics

Today we did more sprints, in my last blog I did half of the 1500 metre run but today we got to complete it fully. It was tiring and exhausting but our time was pretty decent. I got 7ms 10secs which was good. We found it hard but we will improve in the future.

Research on Prime Minister 2

Last week we did another research on one of the old Prime Minister's. I chose to do Jennifer Shipley who was New Zealand's 36th Prime Minister. I also enjoyed researching this one as well because there were lots of interesting information and other facts about her. Here are my research and I hope you learn something from it. Enjoy😄👍

Jennifer Shipley

New Zealand’s 36th Prime Minister

Born:                          4th February 1952

Full Name:                 Jennifer Mary Robson

Early Years                                  University

Shipley was born in Gore which                 She studied at Christchurch

Is in New Zealand, she was one                College, it was merged with the

of the four sisters.                                       The University of Canterbury.  

Family Life

After attending Marlborough Girl’s College, she passed in 1971 as a teacher through the Christchurch College of Education and taught in New Zealand primary schools until 1976. In 1973 she married Burton Shipley and settled in Ashburton.

Politics

She had a New Zealand National party, shortened to National or the Nats, it is one of two major parties that dominate modern New Zealand politics, alongside it’s traditional rival, the New Zealand Labour party.

Designing My Signs

Since last week we have been researching different types of signs and learning about them. We worked on three main signs called a Hazard sign, Prohibitive sign & Mandatory sign. Once we finished researching we started making our own signs of each to make that will be used in the workshop. I created three and it did not turn out that well but it would work for now. Here are my signs...


         Prohibitive Sign              Mandatory Sign             Hazard Sign

Here is a few information about what the words mean and how they work...

Prohibitive Sign: A Prohibitive sign is a safety sign and it is likely to cause a risk to your health or your safety. It is expected to be a red circle with a diagonal cross through to show that you are banned and forbidden to do it.

Mandatory Sign: Mandatory signs are road signs which are mainly used to tell the traffic specific things to do, if not followed you're risking your life. Unlike prohibitive signs, mandatory signs tell traffic what they must do and what not to.

Hazard Sign: Hazard signs or warning symbols are symbols designed to warn about the hazardous or dangerous objects, place or matter, including electric currents, poisons and radioactivity. The use of hazard sign is often ordered by law and other standards groups.

Athletics

Today we did our Athletics practice on some running. So I did the 100  & 200-metre run and at least half of the 1500 metre run.

For 100 metres I got 13 seconds and we got a little tired.
For 200 metre run I got 33 seconds and that was tiring
For the half of 1500 metre run we did not time it because we were seeing how hard it is.

Hauora: Whare Tapa Wha

Whare Tapa Wha is about the health that has been used across a variety of parts, for example, Heath, Education, Justice & etc. Whare Tapa Wha compares health to the four walls of a house where all four walls are required to make sure they are strong and secure and balanced. So the basic meaning is that if one wall collapses then your not healthy if you get the idea. This is useful to understand because it provides a useful way for Moari to think about health, as a whare.

I participated in a good mood because it is not complex and it's easy to learn about, I contributed by doing and following every instruction our teacher gives us.

Long Jump & Sprints

Today we did Sprints & Long Jump, the boys and girls were split and the girls started doing the sprints. The boys took practice doing Long Jump and we improved a bit. After the switch over, we went to do sprints. We recorded our time with a stopwatch, we had to run 50 metres and see what time we got.

To record our time we had to do a little bit of math to figure out what the time was.

How We Calculated Our Time

50 ÷7.89(which was our normal time)=6.3371356147
6.3371356147

	Before	After
Shot put
Discus
Long Jump	17m
High Jump	140
Sprints	23.72km/h
Long Distance

My Poem

Last week we started making a poem, we were given a starter so we only had to come up with words that suited the poem. I don't really think its mostly a poem but like what we like. But we did and finished it, we wanted it to make it eye-catching so we decorated it and I already have the finished product. I forgot to post it last week but we got time to post it today, here is my finished poem.

My Poem 

Research on Prime Minister

Last week we had to do research on the old Prime Minister's, I chose to do Helen Clark who was New Zealand's 37th Prime Minister. I enjoyed doing this independent activity we found some interesting facts and information about her. Here is my research and what I found out about her. Hope you learn something from it.

My Research:

Helen Clark

New Zealand’s 37th Prime Minister

Born:                          26th February 1950

Full Name:                 Helen Elizabeth Clark

Early Years                                  University

Attended Primary school                  She was a junior lecturer in 

And High school in Auckland           political studies at the University of              

                                                        Auckland

Family Life

Helen Clark is married to her partner Peter Davis and they don’t have any children. Peter Davis was born on the 25th of April 1947.

Politics

She has a New Zealand Labour Party or simply Labour, the party's platform programme defines its originating principle as common government, while observers describe Labour as social-democratic and practical in practice.

                                                              

Athletics: High Jump

Fosbury Flop.

1. Land with your arms and feet up, on your back
2. When you take off it should be on 1 foot.
3. When you leave the ground you must spin around(use knee to turn)

	Before	After
Shot put
Discus
Long Jump	17m
High Jump	140
Sprints
Long Distance

Hazards & Safety Signs

Today at Metalwork, we have been given a task to blog about hazard and safety signs and the meaning of them.

What is a Hazard?

A Hazard is something that can cause harm or hurt someone, the hazard can be natural or done by humans. Natural Hazards are such as floods, drought but mostly it can be done by human activities. Hazard can create a major scene which can be embarrassing or life-threatening which is obviously dangerous.

Workshop Signs/Safety Signs:

Safety Signs in the workshop are signs that warn you so you can not harm or hurt yourself, things like something sharp taking metal for an example. If your working on metal and the pointy bit if the metal faces towards you, you may get a serious injury and this will create a big scene. Another thing is to put your bag under the desk, this can reduce the risk of people tripping over your bag and on something sharp or just falling onto your face or back.

Signs you will mostly find in the Workshop:

In workshops, you will definitely find a sign of wearing specific gear. The gear that is told to wear are meant to protect you from incidents and injuries. The gears you might be told to wear are safety glasses, Earmuffs to protect your ears from loud noise, Overall clothing to keep your current clothing clean or getting any stain on it, closed-in shoes to protect your feet from anything falling onto it and causing an injury. So mostly you will find it near dangerous objects or just labelled on machines.

Mandatory Sign:

Mandatory signs are mainly road signs which are used to set the commitments of all traffic which means people have to do specific rules given by the signs. It tells what the traffic must do and you must obey them or things can get serious and dangerous depending on the situation.

Prohibitive Sign:

A prohibitive sign is a safety sign banning the way likely to cause a risk to humans and our safety. These Health & safety signs are expected to be red show what is forbidden and what is not allowed. Prohibitive safety signs.

Shot Put techniques

Today we were learning about the techniques doing Shot put, it was easy to learn the methods but hard to throw so it will take a while to get used to. Here are the methods.

1. Turn the opposite way you are throwing
2. Put ball against your neck with your elbow straight
3.Right foot 1 step away from left foot
4.Arms up
5. Pivot and push the ball

Food Studio 1

Today we were in the food room inspecting everything that was in there. We had to take photos of everything like the materials inside the cupboards or draws, the sink, cutlery and etc. When I entered the room it felt a little crowded but once we went behind our tables it felt better. There was so much light in the room so it was great.

Everything was familiar since I did this last year for cooking. Cooking this year will be a new experience since it's a new year. Here are some photos of the things in the room.

Photos inside the room: 

Personal Protective Equipment

Today we have been learning the basic stuff in Metal workshop, we have been told to find things that can protect us from harm or hazard. So we made a document with 6 items with description and a reason to wear them while in workshop.

My Document:

Safety boots should be worn in a workshop so it can keep it safe from stuff falling onto it.

Earmuffs must be worn in a workshop so it does not damage your hearing or when using loud machines.

Safety glasses must be worn so nothing damages your eye or gets into it.

Gloves must be worn for protecting your hands from getting burnt or injured.

Welding Helmet must be worn if working with sparks so it does not get into your eye or hurts them with a bright flash.

Must be worn while in the workshop so nothing gets on your clothes and it protects your clothes getting caught or ruin it.

Discus techniques

1. Roll off your small finger.
2. Wrap 4 singers around it.
3. Stand side on to the line.
4. 1 wind-up.(Not 3)